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Fashion and romance have always gone hand in hand, but when you think of the relationship between the two it usually brings to mind spring florals and wistful gowns… Not Frankenstein, Wednesday Addams and black lace. But it is here that we find Mrs Prada’s version of romance, a dark romance, set firmly in the…

“The bond between Karl Lagerfeld and Fendi is fashion’s longest love story” Spoke Silvia Venturini Fendi of the 54 years spent together, a long-lasting love affair that would not only stand the test of time but also bring about some of the most iconic fashion moments of the past five decades. It’s the…

One of the main drawcards of Milan Fashion Week for me (of course apart from pasta related treats), has always been the thought of attending the Max Mara show. I have long been a fan and admirer of Max Mara and when I think about the most prized possessions in my closet, my Max Mara…

Forgive me if I’m a little excited, you see just yesterday I was lucky enough to attend my first ever Burberry show under the direction of Mr Tisci, and what ladies and gents, what a show it was. Located at the Tate Modern, the show spanned across two different rooms with two completely different atmospheres,…

There is a full blown MGC cheer squad here at the OF headquarters. It probably wouldn’t take you long for you to guess who the squad leader is with the loudest roar and the biggest pom poms. We’ve long been fans of Christian Dior and the long list of house designers who have managed to…

Nicolas Ghesquière is one of our favourite sartorial story tellers. This Spring 2019 collection saw Mr Ghesquière take us on a deep voyage to the outer world of futuristic discovery. Zipping in and out of realities that bridged between worlds based on fantasy and the reality, the designer and his team did not disappoint. Silhouettes with oversized…

Walking through a series of large life-size bubble Miu Miu font took me right back to my high school days where writing your name in bubble writing was the coolest thing ever. The life sized letters acted as a screen where projected close-up videos of models faces with their hair pulled back in the…

There aren’t many shows at fashion week where the atmosphere outside the venue, is just as electric as the show itself. Outside the Grand Palais on Chanel show day an ocean of well dressed industry folk dance with your favourite street style photographers, while next to them the surrounding Avenues are full of cars…

“I was thinking of paradises, about artists’ colonies of the past,” said designer Pierpaolo Piccioli at the Spring 2019 Ready to Wear show this season in Paris. Pierpaolo began to elaborate on the collection with cues to escapism, highlighting that he doesn’t believe in the tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, but…

We love the new guard at team O.F. The designers who are doing there own thing and making a mark on the industry, with a clear and concise voice of what girls like us want. This season marked my 3rd attendance at a DROMe show and I can safely say that it did not disappoint.…

A monolithic runway length mirror sat adjacent to the freshly-combed sandy catwalk as models serenely glided onto the stage for this season’s Hermes Spring 2019 show. Every now and then wafts of powdery white clouds floated across the scene in an engineered masterpiece to resemble that of fluffy white clouds, it was something that only…

The stage was set before you entered the building for the Loewe Spring 2019 show. Set in the backdrop of the Unesco Paris HQ a mid-century modern concrete slab suspended on gravity defiant architectural legs, Alexander Calder sculptures adorning the gardens and all .. tres bien. This was my second very honourable invitation to…

Upon one of my late night Insta scrolls, the recent Jill Sander Resort 2019 look book caught my eye. The use of multiple models and colour blocking repetition has been on my mind since my team and I had a brainstorm meeting, and Jill Sander Resort 2019 tied together all the elements floating around in…

There was something magic in the air this season at the Chanel Fall 2018 Ready To Wear show. As you walked into the Grand Palais you were greeted by an eerie and beautiful enchanted forest, it something similar to from a Brothers Grimm children book. Nine incredibly haunting trees stood centre stage, free…

Under a dusky pink Parisian sunset the audience milled as the anticipation grew for the Hermés Fall 2018 runway show. Shifts of misty fog drifted between trees grouped around the edges of the outdoor runway paved in cherry red gravel. This was the first Hermés show that I’ve been lucky enough to attend and the…

It only feels like yesterday that I was lucky enough to be shaking it on the dance floor at the Valentino Spring 2017 afterparty while head designer Mr Pierpaolo Piccioli cut tracks behind the DJ booth. The rainbow lightbox dance floor was covered in a sea of men and women, but it was the females…

Leaving the noise behind and embracing calmness, is what Mr Anderson set out to achieve with the Loewe Fall 2018 Ready To Wear Collection. And that he did. This season the Loewe woman came across as the kind of girl you would meet in one of those chic underground art galleries on the Lower East […]

As Elle Fanning lead the the procession of bouffant beehive wearing Breakfast Club-ish bargirls for Miu Miu AW 2018 RTW, it was clear to see the this season Mrs Prada’s intention for the Miu Miu muse was a certain kind of girlish rebellion. Shiny belted puffer jackets in shades of 1980’s drugstore lipsticks were among some of my personal […]

Ellery’s first haute couture show…
Thoughts? Voluminous proportions and cutout shapes were familiar territory, a territory which is much loved btw.
The collection, was inspired by the notion of collecting and the curation of …

In between the endless deadlines, emails, travel time and general wonderment that is Paris Fashion Week, a select few moments tend to stay with you, so fresh in your memory your that you feel as though they are happening all over again. As I sit here half a world away from the Paris runways, I […]

As I walked through an enormous translucent shower curtain, the other side did not resemble the inside of my shower at all, but the Acne Studios Spring 2018 runway show. As the music began and the shower curtain rose I had a sudden feeling I was about to be taken on a journey of Saturday Night […]

Walking into the Grand Palais is always an experience in itself, let alone the location for the Chanel Spring 2018 Show. As I walked through the large entrance I was greeted by the sounds of water gently cascading down the side of a giant, moss laden cliff. At that exact moment I knew I […]

On your average Tuesday evening at the Louvre, where history and art run deep, Nicolas Ghesquière’s Spring 2018 collection for Louis Vuitton came to life. The ever so clever Ghesquière combined the modern with the historic. The medieval ground floor of the Louvre, contained walls lined with exposed bricks, highlighting the aspects of a fortress […]

Entering a marshmallow-cloud-like tent within a Parisian Tennis Club felt somewhat comforting. And this comfort was further enhanced by wooden benches covered in Céline printed sleeping bags. Now that’s what I’m talking about, good ol’ fashioned camping… But I knew this was going to be a camping experience that I was neither previously accustomed to, nor had encounter before.The bespoke Céline […]

In awe I stepped into a white domed shaped runway, with a roof consisting of shattered mosaic glass. As a long time admirer of the one of the most historic fashion brands, I sat eager at the edge of my seat for what Maria Grazia Chiuri and the entire Dior team had created. Carefully crafted stories have become […]

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that I think that designer Aleksander Akhalkatsishvili is one to watch. Working within the Georgian brand Matèrial, Aleksander’s Fall 2017 collection focused on boxy suiting, soft cheeseclothly Cèline-like dresses and the kind of silhouettes that have a craving for the cooler months. We’re […]

Stark white boots are definitely making a comeback… Well, let’s be honest, as far as we’re concerned, they never left in the first place. Here at Oracle Fox HQ, there are many reasons why we love a white shoe; They’re sophisticated, versatile and sometimes without even knowing, they glow in the dark… Which, I’m sure you’ll agree, is […]

Romance may be a quality that resides in all of us, but only Valentino’s Mr Pierpaolo Piccioli can trigger such timeless passion from his beckoning admirers again and again. This season we were transpired into Mr Piccioli’s world once again, but this time with the duality of Victoriana and the 80’s Memphis art movement as inspiration. As […]

It’s no secret that adopting a tonal colour palette is one of 2017’s biggest trends. The seemingly minimalist trend emphasises a new modern aesthetic, complemented by sophisticated and delicately manipulated forms. Perfectly proportioned layering, with a focus on simple shapes and emphasised structure holds the key to mastering the mixed shades of neutral, along with the pairing of different textures […]

As an admirer from afar, or even if you’re lucky enough like to be a guest like myself at a Chanel show, the only certainty is that you must expect the unexpected. Every season the Chanel universe evolves, morphs and transforms so greatly, that we may assume that only Mr Lagerfeld himself knows where the […]

Blame it on Demna Gvasalia or the influence of the Gucci Effect, but adding floral to my wardrobe is currently at the top of my to-do list. A street style staple, the Vetements floral dress redefined the new floral, however it was Gvasalia’s designs featured in his first collection in creative control of Balenciaga that really […]

From models off duty to the pages of Vogue Paris, the statement tee is… well, making a statement right now and baby, we’re all ears. You may have already noticed that the graphic tee is one of this seasons best wardrobe staples and lucky for us, it won’t break your bank account. Somewhere in the […]

Excuse my partial silence this week, I’ve wanted to blog but when I get free time to do so I’ve been so tired and opting for a nap sounded better. Hey, I haven’t been on vacation yet this year so I don’t feel so guilty for napping. Next month we are ta…

You may have once thought that velvet belonged to the 70’s or better still .. to your granny’s vintage sofa, well velvet never goes out of fashion in our books. From the likes of Vestments and Louis Vuitton we’re seeing an influx of velvet that’s worthy of investment.. from softly brushed flares to cami dresses to ankle […]

In the words of Mica Arganaraz .. ‘I dress like a boy’, a girl who’s after our own hearts. Beneath that iconic shaggy mop, lies one of our biggest model crushes of 2017, walking for the likes of Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga and Alexander Wang just to mention a few. Mica if you ever need a wing […]

You know that you’ve seen that face before. Chosen as the face of Saint Laurent and walking for some of the best FW16 shows, Marjan Jonkman is one of our favourite ‘ones to watch’. From a university degree in history to the runways of Paris .. this lady is hot property, and just in case […]

Anna Quan Resort 2016 – that French cuff shirt and other classics reimagined What makes a shirt a shirt, or a jacket a jacket? Thus yours truly found her mind wondering, while shuffling through the runway images I’d taken at Anna Quan’s showing at this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia. The collection was characterised by its ritual deconstruction of traditional clothing archetypes. Her classic french cuff shirt from resort 2015 (which had already garnered viral popularity) was redesigned in a backless incarnation; a deceivingly simple halter dress was tailored as though it were a jacket, and with side seams ingeniously eliminated to highlight the cord ribbon and o-ring closure, the latter being an unifying element of the collection. The result was something that is in that tantalising entr’acte of being at once comfortingly familiar but unsettlingly novel. This, far from being a perversion of clothes making traditions, is perhaps the most transparent demonstration of a designer’s mastery of tailoring methods. ‘For me, it’s about utilising the traditional way of constructing something to build a story,’ designer, Anna Hoang commented, in her characteristically erudite manner (she is, after all, a member of our legal fraternity). ‘The hardest thing is having a conceptual […]

It’s time to raid your boyfriends wardrobe girls, since early pilot’s rolled these babies out for reasons of practicality, we’ve wanted a slice of the action too .. who says boys should have all of the fun right! Take a tip from Balensiaga and drop the sleeves off your shoulders, or zip these babies up […]

Forget everything you know about Madonna’s 80’s mesh ensembles and the fishnet frenzied 90’s, with no shortage of safety pins and nip. Thanks to our fave’s Proenza Schouler, Celine and Dior the breezy easyness of fishnet has made a contemporary comeback, one with sophistication and elegance and it’s all about quality of quantity. Think peak-a-boo […]

Fluted, flared, oversized and boxy, we’re completely smitten at the current situation of how some of our favourite designers are re-interpretting the everyday sleeve right now. We’ll s-leave it up to your imagination on how you can wear this favourite micro trend .. Jacquemus . Marni . Lea Peckre . vogue.com . dazeddigital.com

If you weren’t at the Ellery Fall 2016 show in Paris during PFW, you may feel as though you were there anyway with the high volume of Ellery focused runway imagery that tumbled down your instagram feed. Contrary to what it may appear, we could only see this as a positive as the list grew […]

As the lights dimmed signalling the beginning of the Louis Vuitton Spring 2016 show at the brands eponymous Foundation on the outskirts of Paris, it was clear to see that this show would pack a serious cyber punch. Wall to wall electronic screens depicting digital landscapes in high speed visions became the backdrop for Nicolas Ghesquière’s latest […]

From custom silver head-pieces at Dion Lee, to hand-painted silver Gene Simmons eyes, we’re currently craving silver everything. The good thing about a neutral like silver is that anybody can wear it, it just depends on where and how you do it .. I guess that every cloud really does having a silver lining .. Vogue Runway […]

Fresh off the back of my recent trip to Paris for the Spring Summer 2016 shows, I was honoured this season to view Sarah Burton’s genius up close. On the eve of her five year anniversary at Alexander McQueen, where upon Burton had completed an entire collection under her full creative direction, one […]

Fresh off the back of my recent trip to Paris for the Spring Summer 2016 shows, I was honoured this season to view Sarah Burton’s genius up close. On the eve of her five year anniversary at Alexander McQueen, where upon Burton had completed an entire collection under her full creative direction, one […]

Fashion Week .. it’s always one big crazy adventure, 18 hour days filled with an over indulgence of world class designers baring their heart and soul’s worth of pieces, for the next great season ahead. Recently I travelled to Sydney as part of MBFWA – Sydney fashion week, to cover the week for not only […]

Under a series of geodesic domes set out like a space station outpost in a faraway galaxy at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, we saw this season’s Louis Vuitton Fall 2015 Collection marched out by it’s other worldy counterparts. Nicolas Ghesquière’s Louis Vuitton girl this season was strong, cool and confident as ever before but now with the added twist of technology […]

Amongst the hallowed lane-ways of inner city Paris, set somewhere between the River Seine and the Champs Élysées sits an artisan apartment like no other. It would only seem fitting then that this would be the chosen creative hideaway for Australian Designer Kym Ellery, an artist in her own right. This season while in Paris, Ellery Fall […]

Soft dusty pinks in layers, landscapes and details .. no matter where you find them we’re obsessed with the power of the right shade of pink right now. Just remember the more pastel the better, you don’t want to have too much of a good thing .. pinterest . Oracle Fox tumblr . Style.com . […]

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